Disparate Assignment

As noted in the EEOC tutorial (located in this week’s lecture), candidates for the Director of HR position of the newly merged company. ZAB, are being asked to prepare a presentation about Title VII, as it pertain specifically to disparate impact and disparate treatment policies that should be implemented to avoid liability for potential Title Vii violation. Do research to prepare for your presentation, and write a brief set of answers to the following questions: The difference between a disparate impact and a disparate treatment claim; Disparate Treatment: Also known as differential treatment, disparate treatment claims are ones in which the plaintiff alleges he or she is the victim of intentional discrimination on the part of the employer. To be considered a victim of intentional discrimination, the complaining employee must show he or she is treated less favorably because of a statutorily protected characteristic

Media

Mixed media, photography, video

Materials

Camera, paper, pen or pencil, video camera

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Assignments

Assignment #1

Make up an art game. Structure a set of rules with which to play. A physical game is not necessary; more important are the rules and their structure. Do we in life operate by rules? Does all art? Or art rules, like tenant rules or art violations.

Assignment #2

How can plants be used in art. Problem becomes how can we really get people to look freshly at plants as if they've never noticed them before. A few possibilities: 1. Arrange them alphabetically like books on a shelf; 2. Plant them like popsicle trees (as in child art) perpendicular to line of hill; 3. Include object among plants that is camouflaged 4. Color palm tree pink; 5. Photo found growing arrangements; 6. Or a movie on How to Plant a Plant.

Assignment #3

Pay homage to a movie star, rock musician, etc. in form of a pilgrimage visit. Photograph is required of the two of you with a personalized signed greeting by the culture hero. Or it could be to a famous person's grave. In this case a photo of you at the grave. Person's name on the gravestone should be visible. No signature necessary.

Assignment #10

Assignment #11

Describe the visual verbally and the verbal visually.

Assignment #12

Scenarios. Do a movie from an existing, stock scenario. Or 1 person write scenario, another shoot movie. Or GRABAG scenario—everyone write 2-3 scenes, drop in box, someone pull out maybe 10 and they are shot in the order drawn out. Or everyone do their version of the grabag scenario.